Showgirl thread- for posting pictures and discussing breed!

[rilly10]

Oh one other piece of showgirl news, If you are a ASBC member stop in and check out the showgirl discussion group I started. I am hoping to get a bunch of people together to discuss working twords a possible working standard

 

[chickendales]

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i have a writen standard i wrote i realy enterested in getting them a standard of perfection

 

[racuda]

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i have a writen standard i wrote i realy enterested in getting them a standard of perfection

I would like to read it. Is it posted somewhere?

 

[rilly10]

I am interested in writing one for bowtied bearded showgirls. In either black or white to start since you need to get each color approved on it's own. I think those two are the most advanced, and more people are working on them.

 

[racuda]

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How are the other colors less advanced? I have a splash and a blue showgirl, and I don't see a difference in them compared to my splash and blue Silkies. They have the same foot feathering and skin color as the Silkies. They are only 4 weeks old though. Maybe when they get older there will be quality differences.

 

[rilly10]

I mean as a whole from breeders across the country. I would love to see pictures of yours!

For acceptance though, we need to have been working on the color/variety for at least 5 years (5 years of documented breedings) and I have only heard of a few breeding quality BBS for that long with proper documentation. Also, people who show blues and splashes depending on the show/judge have issues even with silkies due to those colors being newer and having more variation than the blacks and whites. Some judges won't pin a blue silkie due to lack of lacing on the feathers. It is going to be a long and hard road, but I personally believe whites or blacks are the best to start with, then go on to the other colors such as blue, splash, self blue/lavender, etc.

 

[chickendales]

showgirls standard i breed by NAKED NECK SILKIES WRITEN WORKING STANDARD

Weights: Cock 36 oz. Cockerel 32 oz.
Hen 32 oz. Pullet 28 oz.

DQ. bright red comb,face,and wattles.shaamks not feathered down out side. feathers not truely silky (execpt in primaries, secondaries, leg, toe and main tail feathers.) vulture hocks.(see general disqualifications.)* More or less than 5 toes

Shape - Male and Female


§ Comb: Male - Walnut - set firmly and evenly on head, almost circular in shape, preferably broader than longer, with a number of small prominences over it, a slight indentation or furrow, transversely across the middle, rising at a point just forward of the nostrils and extending backwards to a point parallel with the front of the eyes.
Female - Walnut, very small, well formed. Rest of the description same as the male.


§ Beak: Short and stout, curving to a point.


§ Face: Surface smooth, skin fine and soft in texture.


§ Eyes: Large, round and prominent.


§ Wattles: Male - Non-Bearded: medium size, concave, nearly round, fine in texture, free from wrinkles or folds. Bearded - very small, concealed by beard., natural absence preferred. Female - Non-Bearded: small, concave, forming a half circle, fine texture, free from wrinkles or folds. Bearded: small to nonexistent, concealed by beard.


§ Ear-Lobes: Male - Non-Bearded: small, oval, fine in texture, free from wrinkles or folds. Bearded: very small, almost concealed by muffs. Female: very small, rest of description the same as the male.


§ Crest: Male - medium size, soft and full. as upright as comb will permit, having a few silky feathers streaming gracefully backwards from lower and back part of crest. Female: medium size, soft and full, globular, upright, well balanced.


§ Head: Moderately small, short, carried so that a line drawn parallel with tip of the tail will bisect the comb.


§ Beard & Muffs: Bearded varieties - thick, full, extending back of eyes and projecting from sides of face and composed of feathers turned horizontally backwards, from both sides of the beak, from the center, vertically downwards, the whole forming a collar of three ovals in a triangular group, giving a muffed effect.


§ Neck: Short, gracefully arched,devoid of feathers, except for a permissible small tuft at front of neck nearly halfway down; skin,very smooth

§ Back: Male - short, broad from shoulders to saddle, quite rounded its entire length rising gradually from middle of the back towards tail. Female - short, broad from shoulders to cushion, quite rounded its entire length, rising gradually from middle of back towards
tail.


§ Saddle: Male - Rising from back at base of cape, very broad and round, plumage profuse and long, lower saddle feathers flowing over tips of wings and mingling with fluff.

§ Cushion: Rising from back at base of cape, very broad and round, plumage abundant.


§ Tail: Male - short, very shredded at ends, well spread at base, filled underneath with an abundance of soft feathers which are overlapped by coverts and lesser sickles, the whole forming a duplex curve with back and saddle. Sickles, lesser sickles, and coverts - abundant, soft, well curved, without hard quills, concealing main tail feathers. Female - short, very shredded at ends, well spread at base, filled underneath with an abundance of soft feathers which are overlapped by cushion and coverts, the whole forming a duplex curve with back and cushion.


§ Wings: Medium size, closely folded, carried well back and nearly horizontal, well above the lower thighs ending short of stern. Shoulders and fronts: concealed by hackles and breast feathers. Bows and coverts: Very well rounded. Primaries: medium length, well shredded, tapering convexly to stern, tips concealed by saddle feathers.


§ Breast: Carried forward, very full, well rounded and of great depth and width.


§ Body And Fluff: Body of moderate length, broad, deep and well rounded from breast bone to stern and let down well between the legs.


§ Legs and Toes: Male - Legs short and stout, set well apart, straight when viewed from the front. Lower thighs: short, stout at top, tapering to hocks, abundantly feathered. Hocks: covered with soft and silky feathers curving inwards about the hocks.
Shanks: rather short, stout in boner, well feathered on the outer sides with silky plumage, the upper part growing out from thigh plumage and continuing into foot feathering. Spurs: medium size and length, set just above the 5th toe. Toes: five, the three front straight, well and evenly spread, the hind toe double, the normal toe in natural position and the extra toe placed above, starting from close to the other toe, but well formed, longer than the other toes and curving upwards and backwards; the outer and middle toe well feathered. Female - same as male except no spur. (Bare middle toe a serious defect in either sex)

APPEARANCE; male- active, bold, silky and fluffy
female- active, sadate, silky and fluffy

 

[chickendales]

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i have some realy nice buffs

 

[racuda]

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i have some realy nice buffs

Do you sell eggs?

 

[Debbi]

chickendales, I LOVE your Buffs!!!